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Ayn Rand on the ‘Philosophical Collapse’ Behind the Vietnam War, Fifty Years Later
Ayn Rand saw the morality of altruism as the cause of the disaster of the Vietnam War.
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Brandon Lisi
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Ayn Rand on Free Trade, the 'Essence of Capitalism’s Foreign Policy'
Capitalism protects an individual’s right to be free from tariffs and military aggression.
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Ben Bayer
Vance's Twisted Christianity Is No Alternative to the Left's Morality
“Ordo amoris” is just a variant on the egalitarian altruist theme – unlike Aristotle’s ethics.
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Ben Bayer
Antitrust Criminalizes Google’s Productive Virtue
What’s dangerous isn’t Google’s market power — it’s the unchecked political power used against it.
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April 2025

The Constitutionally Dubious Law Empowering Trump’s ‘Emergency’ Tariff Authority
The courts should void as vague the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and uphold the role of objective law in defense of liberty.
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Ben Bayer
'Plutocracy' Debunked: CEOs under Trump Are Pawns, not Kings
Business leaders are afraid to oppose policies destroying their businesses because they fear further political punishment.
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Ben Bayer
How Religious Thinking Fuels the Atheist Schism Over Transgender Ideology
Religious dogmatism sparked it; the religious “intellectual humility” fad puts fuel on the fire.
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Ben Bayer
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March 2025

February 2025

Why ‘Colorblindness’ on Race Matters More than Ever
Coleman Hughes defends the idea of “colorblindness” against the inherent racism of today’s “anti-racist” thinkers.
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Elan Journo
Soviet Terror: Sponsored by American Humanitarians
Why did Americans rush to help a regime flagrantly hostile to freedom and their country’s values?
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Nikos Sotirakopoulos
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How Christianity Polluted the Moral Atmosphere of the West
Secular thinkers don’t realize how their moral views are influenced—for the worse—by a deeply Christian religious historical revolution.
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Ben Bayer
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